Collar.



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COLLAR.

APPLICATION rum) 82M. 2, 100a.

927,134. Patented Julj6,1909.

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UNITED STATES BURTON S. ELLS, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

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Specification a: Ilettars Patent.

. Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed September 2,190 Serial No. 451,342.

. To all whom it may concern:

"citizen of the United States, and a resident of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State,

"of-N ew York, have invented anew and In1- proved Collar, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to collars, and particularly to what are known as fold collars or turned down collars. p v

The object of the invention is to provide a collar of this class having improved means for attaching the same to the collar button at the back of the neck band, and which will operate to preventthe'collar button at this point from coming in contact with the cravat or necktie which may be worn with the collar.

The invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts, to be more .fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claim. W Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifica tion, in which similar cl'raracters'of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views;

igure 1 is a perspective of. a collar-eonstructed according tofmy invention; 2! is a plan showin the middle portion of'a collar laid flat as t ough resting upon a table or ironing board; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken at the back of the collar and shrlwe ing a portion of the neck band of a sliii-t 'to which the collar is attached; this ,viewshhws how the collar is held tothe neck band without permitting the stud or collar butto n' to Referring more articularly to the parts' 1 represents the co lar, which may be of-the fold form, as shown, having an inner band 2 and a top or turned over portion 3 attached to the same at the upper edge of the collar. At the middle of the collar and at theback I provide a flap 4. This flap is formed integral with the inner band 2 and rejects be end the lower edge of this band w en the collar is being formed, as indicated in Fig. 2. In order tocomplete the collar the flap 4 is folded upwardly on the dotted line 6', which constitutes a continuation of thelower edge .5, until the flap comes into substantially the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, that is, the flapprojects upwardl In this position it is u'rther secured to the band 2 by stitching or sewing '7', appliedparallel with the lower edge 5 and adjacent thereto. At a suitable point the fiap'4 is provided with a buttonole 8'Which is adapted to be received over the collar button 9 at the rear of the neck band 1.0of the shirt, in the manner indicated in Figx3i When the collar is applied in this wayit will be seen that the inner band 2 comes between the end of the collar button 9 and the cravat or necktie 11, which is rep'res'ented in the space between the inner band and the top 3.' By forming the flap 4 integral with the inner'band 2, the strength and durability of the flap is much increased, and the cost of .productlon of the'collar is decreased on account of the fact that the flap may be formed on the inner band when the collar is out from the stock. The stitching 7 increases th'e secureness of the flap and also holds it in its upwardly rojecting position, which brings the button role 8 op ositc the stud. Although the flap 4 is ma e integral with the inner band 2, it is preferably of fewer plies ofmaterial than the inner band.

In this way its efi'ectiveness may be increased and undue bulkiness at this point of the colat'the lower edge thereo said flap projecting upwardly on the inner side of said band,

and means for attaching'said flap to said.

band at a point above the lower edge of said band, said flap having a buttonhole adapted to receive a collar button at the back of the neck band.

name to this specification in the presence of two. subscribing witnesses.

BURTON ELLS.

Witnesses:

" F. D. AMMEN,

EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

In testimony whereof I have-signed my 

